Here is my first gen satoshi grill before after and sometimes in between before and after finally had time to post it up now that finals are over woot woooT! i pass! welll here are the pictures my friends.

-stock grill

-satoshi processing- i dint end up using that grill cuz i messed up on it... planning on gettin that same grill later but for now... the grill i have on on the last pic is what imma have for a long time...

-fender flares sanding and spraying...

-final product of both 3 PIX!!

-and last but not least.... my favorite.... with finall product satoshi and painted fenders....

I got the mesh from a local store in sac. i just started by craigslisting mesh and i ended up with that... i spent 30 dollars on a big roll of it... i can make like at least 10 more grills. but compared to some online sites its a lot cheaper... anyways... good luck finding yours.

Looks Good... I want to pics of your HID's when you get em in, that's my next one!

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illl try to remember that... i just ordered some from ddmtuning.com yesterday... really cheap.. 100 bux after shipping but i got bixenon 55watt... and from what i heard on this forum, 55 watt is overkill but i also heard good things about it so when i install em ill let you have my opinion on it. O yeh and just incase u dont kno.... buy the h4 hi/low option. thats what our trucks use... i got 5000k and a lot of people like 6000k. anyways.. ill post up pix when i install em .. gl..

so basically you took the grill off and replced it with a fine mesh aluminum mesh?

and then painted the whole thing?

How did you secure the mesh to the front piece?

And did you do work to the area just under the grill? I ask because that same area/ piece is chrome on my truck, and that would not look well. Could I paint over that area as well?

I was thinking of doing everything and then taking the pieces to a cheap paint shop near me, they'll do it better than I ever would.

Gotta to admit man I really dig that look

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I knew I should've done a write-up but i just didn't have time to take pictures... and do alll that work. I'll try to describe how its done though... Okay so the aluminum mesh i cut out and painted it seperately (gloss black). aafter i cut out the old grill i sanded it down, bondo , sand again and again, then i spray painted it (the part around the inside of the grill, not the outside) i had the chrome professionally painted... i bought it that way =) luck me. to secure the mesh i drilled a bunch of 1/4'' holes around the inside flanges of the grill where it can't be seen (in the back) and zip-tied it. I recommend you taping up the chrome and stuff before you paint it.. the only part you should paint is the inside part of the grill.... look at the second gen write - up i followed that basically the same way except securing the mesh and cutting off two brackets...